According to ChainCatcher, Bitcoin's native second-layer project Bitlayer announced the first preliminary shortlist of the Booster Grants Program. A total of 11 projects passed the preliminary selection and entered the final selection stage.

The Bitlayer Acceleration Program is part of the developer airdrop event Ready Player One, and is mainly aimed at ecological projects that are planned or deployed to Bitlayer. Starting from September 12, 2024, the Bitlayer Foundation will select outstanding ecological projects from the registered projects every month and allocate ecological incentives worth up to US$1 million.

At present, Bitlayer has officially announced the list of projects that have passed the preliminary selection in the first phase. The shortlisted projects cover multiple sub-tracks such as BTC-Fi, AI and games, namely:

  • RollDex: Bitcoin native perpetual contracts and derivatives trading platform in the Bitlayer ecosystem

  • bullishs: The first full-chain advertising game platform using seamless transaction technology;

  • Cygnus Finance: The first modular real-yield layer that combines non-EVM systems with the EVM ecosystem;

  • DeAgentAI: A decentralized AI agent incentive protocol that allows users to create and deploy their own AI agents.

  • Desyn: A decentralized asset management protocol that allows users to create and manage customized investment portfolios based on capital pools through smart contracts.

  • Fun Worlds: Web3 game empowerment platform, aiming to build a DAO-autonomous Web3 value interaction platform;

  • Jasper Vault: A decentralized options protocol that aims to provide users with intuitive, simple, and secure options products.

  • Trusta Labs: Building a Web3 identity verification system that combines PoH, reputation, and credit infrastructure;

  • Umoja: Provides algorithmic trading liquid staking tokens Smartcoins based on BTC, ETH and SOL, using Defi strategies to obtain specific risk returns;

  • UXUY: The first self-hosted multi-chain wallet based on Telegram, which is now online and supports third-party Bot connections;

  • Xenobunny: A pioneer in on-chain games and guilds.